Advances in Multimedia Information Processing - PCM 2006 : 7th Pacific Rim Conference on Multimedia, Hangzhou, China, November 2-4, 2006: Proceedings

by Zhuang, Yueting; Yang, Shiqiang; Rui, Yong; He, Qinming

• ISBN13: 9783540487661
• ISBN10: 3540487662
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-07-30
• Publisher: Springer-Verlag New York Inc

Summary

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 7th Pacific Rim Conference on Multimedia, PCM 2006, held in Hangzhou, China in November 2006. The 116 revised papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from a total of 755 submissions. The papers cover a wide range of topics, including all aspects of multimedia, both technical and artistic perspectives and both theoretical and practical issues. Fields addressed are multimedia processing and retrieval, multimedia system support and networking, multimedia security, as well as multimedia tools, end-systems and applications.

Table of Contents

Expressive speech recognition and synthesis as enabling technologies for affective robot-child communication	p. 1
Embodied conversational agents : computing and rendering realistic gaze patterns	p. 9
DBN based models for audio-visual speech analysis and recognition	p. 19
An extensive method to detect the image digital watermarking based on the known template	p. 31
Fast mode decision algorithm in H.263+/H.264 Intra transcoder	p. 41
Binary erasure codes for packet transmission subject to correlated erasures	p. 48
Image desynchronization for secure collusion-resilient fingerprint in compression domain	p. 56
A format-compliant encryption framework for JPEG2000 image code-streams in broadcasting applications	p. 64
Euclidean distance transform of digital images in arbitrary dimensions	p. 72
JPEG2000 steganography possibly secure against histogram-based attack	p. 80
Perceptual depth estimation, from a single 2D image based on visual perception theory	p. 88
A system for generating personalized virtual news	p. 96
Image fingerprinting scheme for print-and-capture model	p. 106
16x16 integer cosine transform for HD video coding	p. 114
Heegard-berger video coding using LMMSE estimator	p. 122
Real-time BSD-driven adaptation along the temporal axis of H.264/AVC bitstreams	p. 131
Optimal image watermark decoding	p. 141
Diagonal discrete cosine transforms for image coding	p. 150
Synthesizing variational direction and scale texture on planar region	p. 159
Fast content-based image retrieval based on equal-average K-nearest-neighbor search schemes	p. 167
Characterizing user behavior to improve quality of streaming service over P2P networks	p. 175
Interacting activity recognition using hierarchical durational-state dynamic bayesian network	p. 185
Improving the image retrieval results via topic coverage graph	p. 193
Relevance feedback for sketch retrieval based on linear programming classification	p. 201
Hierarchical motion-compensated frame interpolation based on the pyramid structure	p. 211
Varying microphone patterns for meeting speech segmentation using spatial audio cues	p. 221
Region-based sub-pixel motion estimation from noisy, blurred, and down-sampled sequences	p. 229
Differential operation based palmprint authentication for multimedia security	p. 237
A broadcast model for Web image annotation	p. 245
An approach to the compression of residual data with GPCA in video coding	p. 252
A robust approach for object recognition	p. 262
A novel method for spoken text feature extraction in semantic video retrieval	p. 270
A semantic image category for structuring TV broadcast video streams	p. 279
Markov chain Monte Carlo super-resolution image reconstruction with simultaneous adaptation of the prior image model	p. 287
Text detection in images using texture feature from strokes	p. 295
Robust Mandarin speech recognition for car navigation interface	p. 302
GKDA : a group-based key distribution algorithm for WiMAX MBS security	p. 310
A watermarking algorithm for JPEG file	p. 319
SNR scalability in H.264/AVC using data partitioning	p. 329
A real-time XML-based adaptation system for scalable video formats	p. 339
Generic, scalable multimedia streaming and delivery with example application for H.264/AVC	p. 349
Shape-based image retrieval in botanical collections	p. 357
Macroblock mode decision scheme for fast encoding in H.264/AVC	p. 365
A mathematical model for interaction analysis between multiview video system and user	p. 375
Motion composition of 3D video	p. 385
EKM : an efficient key management scheme for large-scale peer-to-peer media streaming	p. 395
Using earth mover's distance for audio clip retrieval	p. 405
Streaming-mode MB-based integral image techniques for fast multi-view video illumination compensation	p. 414
A motion vector predictor architecture for AVS and MPEG-2 HDTV decoder	p. 424
Inter-camera coding of multi-view video using layered depth image representation	p. 432
Optimal priority packetization with multi-layer UEP for video streaming over wireless network	p. 442
A multi-channel MAC protocol with dynamic channel allocation in CDMA ad hoc networks	p. 450
Fuzzy particle swarm optimization clustering and its application to image clustering	p. 459
A new fast motion estimation for H.264 Based on motion continuity hypothesis	p. 468
Statistical robustness in multiplicative watermark detection	p. 477
Adaptive visual regions categorization with sets of points of interest	p. 485
A publishing framework for digitally augmented paper documents : towards cross-media information integration	p. 494
Web-based semantic analysis of Chinese news video	p. 502
A quality-controllable encryption for H.264/AVC video coding	p. 510
Texture synthesis based on minimum energy cut and its applications	p. 518
Unifying keywords and visual features within one-step search for Web image retrieval	p. 527
Dynamic bandwidth allocation for stored video under renegotiation frequency constraint	p. 537
Online selection of discriminative features using bayes error rate for visual tracking	p. 547
Interactive knowledge integration in 3D cloth animation with intelligent learning system	p. 556
Multi-view video coding with flexible view-temporal prediction structure for fast random access	p. 564
Squeezing the auditory space : a new approach to multi-channel audio coding	p. 572
Video coding by texture analysis and synthesis using graph cut	p. 582
Multiple description coding using adaptive error recovery for real-time video transmission	p. 590
An improved motion vector prediction scheme for video coding	p. 598
Classifying motion time series using neural networks	p. 606
Estimating intervals of interest during TV viewing for automatic personal preference acquisition	p. 615
Image annotations based on semi-supervised clustering with semantic soft constraints	p. 624
Photo retrieval from personal memories using generic concepts	p. 633
PanoWalk : a remote image-based rendering system for mobile devices	p. 641
A high quality robust watermarking scheme	p. 650
An association rule mining approach for satellite cloud images and rainfall	p. 658
AVAS : an audio-visual attendance system	p. 667
Improved POCS-based deblocking technique using wavelet transform in block coded image	p. 676
Sketch case based spatial topological data retrieval	p. 686
Providing consistent service for structured P2P streaming system	p. 695
Adaptive search range scaling for B pictures coding	p. 704
Video QoS monitoring and control framework over mobile and IP networks	p. 714
Extracting moving / static objects of interest in video	p. 722
Building a personalized music emotion prediction system	p. 730
Video segmentation using joint space-time-range adaptive mean shift	p. 740
EagleRank : a novel ranking model for Web image search engine	p. 749
Color image enhancement using the laplacian pyramid	p. 760
3D mesh construction from depth images with occlusion	p. 770
An eigenbackground subtraction method using recursive error compensation	p. 779
Attention information based spatial adaptation framework for browsing videos via mobile devices	p. 788
Style strokes extraction based on color and shape information	p. 798
Requantization transcoding of H.264/AVC bitstreams for intra 4x4 prediction modes	p. 808
Prediction algorithms in large scale VOD services on grid infrastructure	p. 818
A hierarchical framework for fast macroblock prediction mode decision in H.264	p. 827
Compact representation for large-scale clustering and similarity search	p. 835
Robust recognition of noisy and partially occluded faces using iteratively reweighted fitting of eigenfaces	p. 844
Pitching shot detection based on multiple feature analysis and fuzzy classification	p. 852
Color changing and fading simulation for frescoes based on empirical knowledge from artists	p. 861
A novel spatial-temporal position prediction motion-compensated interpolation for frame rate up-conversion	p. 870
Web image clustering with reduced keywords and weighted bipartite spectral graph partitioning	p. 880
An architecture to connect disjoint multimedia networks based on node's capacity	p. 890
Quantitative measure of inlier distributions and contour matching for omnidirectional camera calibration	p. 900
High-speed all-in-focus image reconstruction by merging multiple differently focused images	p. 909
A real-time video deinterlacing scheme for MPEG-2 to AVS transcoding	p. 919
Persian text watermarking	p. 927
Three dimensional reconstruction of structured scenes based on vanishing points	p. 935
Parallel processing for reducing the bottleneck in realtime graphics rendering	p. 943
Distributed data visualization tools for multidisciplinary design optimization of aero-crafts	p. 953
An efficient clustering and indexing approach over large video sequences	p. 961
An initial study on progressive filtering based on dynamic programming for query-by-singing/humming	p. 971
Measuring multi-modality similarities via subspace learning for cross-media retrieval	p. 979
SNR-based bit allocation in video quality smoothing	p. 989
Shadow removal in sole outdoor image	p. 999
3D head model classification using KCDA	p. 1008
Framework for pervasive Web content delivery	p. 1018
Region-based semantic similarity propagation for image retrieval	p. 1027
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